Savas Yildiz

Savas Yildiz (25 April 1983-19 March 2016) was an Islamic State suicide bomber from Turkey.

Biography
Savas Yildiz was born on 25 April 1983 in Gaziantep, Turkey, and he joined the Islamic State jihadist group. Yildiz was the man tasked with carrying out the March 2016 Istanbul bombing, and he drove a car with a cluster bomb through Istiklal Avenue, a shopping area that was popular with tourists and considered the busiest avenue in Turkey. Yildiz was on the way to his target when the police showed up, so he detonated his bomb in front of a restaurant in fright, thinking that he might be caught. 5+ people were killed and 46 wounded, and Savas Yildiz was identified as the perpetrator; Mehmet Ozturk was another suspect named by the government.